SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause long-standing damage to the immune system characterized by increased inflammatory cytokine activation. Maintaining periodontal health may reduce host susceptibility to COVID-19 and prevent COVID-19 aggravation in infected patients. There is sufficient evidence in the literature to warrant an association between the presence of PDs and the development and course of respiratory illnesses. Optimum oral health, maintaining good systemic health, and elimination of smoking habits may be beneficial for the prevention and management of COVID-19 infections. Future studies on the periodontal status of patients with COVID-19, including from mild to severe forms, could allow the opportune identification of people at risk of severe illness and generate relevant recommendations. The connection, if any, between the oral microbiome and COVID-19 complications is urgently required to establish the importance of oral hygiene and pre-existing oral disease in the severity and mortality risk of COVID-19.
Periodontal disease and clinical association with COVID-19 infection / Dipalma, G.; Inchingolo, A. D.; Mancini, A.; Maggiore, M. E.; Tartaglia, G. M.; Malcangi, G.; Ferrara, E.; Lorusso, F.; Scarano, A.; Bordea, I. R.; Tesoro, I.; Sforza, C.; Maspero, C.; Farronato, M.; Cagetti, M. G.; Lanteri, V.; Patano, A.; Ceci, S.; Marinelli, G.; Corriero, A.; Gnoni, A.; Scacco, S.; Nucci, L.; Ferati, K.; Bexheti-Ferati, A.; Rapone, B.; Inchingolo, A. M.; Inchingolo, F.. - In: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL REGULATORS & HOMEOSTATIC AGENTS. - ISSN 0393-974X. - 36:2(2022), pp. 139-150.
Periodontal disease and clinical association with COVID-19 infection
Lanteri V.;
2022
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause long-standing damage to the immune system characterized by increased inflammatory cytokine activation. Maintaining periodontal health may reduce host susceptibility to COVID-19 and prevent COVID-19 aggravation in infected patients. There is sufficient evidence in the literature to warrant an association between the presence of PDs and the development and course of respiratory illnesses. Optimum oral health, maintaining good systemic health, and elimination of smoking habits may be beneficial for the prevention and management of COVID-19 infections. Future studies on the periodontal status of patients with COVID-19, including from mild to severe forms, could allow the opportune identification of people at risk of severe illness and generate relevant recommendations. The connection, if any, between the oral microbiome and COVID-19 complications is urgently required to establish the importance of oral hygiene and pre-existing oral disease in the severity and mortality risk of COVID-19.
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